Title: Words count
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Words count

 *  Resolved [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/)
 * (@mstudioil)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/words-count/)
 * How I can control the words count?
    for example to show 20 words?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/)
 * (@sewmyheadon)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/words-count/#post-7107173)
 * This isn’t currently a built-in feature of this plugin – it outputs `the_excerpt()`
   by default.
 * If you’re looking to customize the output length of `the_excerpt()`, check this
   article:
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/)
 * I hope that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/)
 * (@mstudioil)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/words-count/#post-7107176)
 * Thanks, that help.
    It show what I enter the excerpt? if I enter 20 words it 
   will show 20 words? If I do not enter excerpt what to the plugin show?
 *  Plugin Author [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/)
 * (@sewmyheadon)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/words-count/#post-7107181)
 * > Thanks, that help.
 * You’re welcome. 🙂
 * > It show what I enter the excerpt? if I enter 20 words it will show 20 words?
 * Yes, it should.
 * > If I do not enter excerpt what to the plugin show
 * This is more a function of WordPress, than the plugin. By default WordPress shows
   55 words for `the_excerpt()`.
 * From [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_excerpt/):
 * > An auto-generated excerpt will also have all shortcodes and tags removed. It
   > is trimmed down to a word-boundary and the default length is 55 words.
 * So, if you don’t explicitly define an excerpt, WordPress will auto-generate one
   based on your content.
 *  Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/)
 * (@mstudioil)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/words-count/#post-7107189)
 * Thanks

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